Battery



EDWARD M. DEEL/IS AND LE ROY W. WILLIS.

BATTERY.

APPLICATION FILED OCT- 3l. |919.

Patented Apr. 5,

EDWARD M. DEEMS, OE FOREST HILLS, NEW YORK, AND LE ROY W. WILLIS, OF

EOBOKEN, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNORS To EASTERN SIeNAL-& SUPPLY ooM- PANY, INC., OE NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION or NEW YORK.

BATTERY.

invasor.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Api'. 5,1921.'

Application led October 31, 1919.7-Se1a1 No. 334,781.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that we,VEDwARn M. DEEMS and LE ROY W. WILLIS, citizens of the United States, and residents of Forest Hills,

county of Queens, and State of New York,

and of Hoboken, county of Hudson, and State of New Jersey, respectively, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Batteries, `(Case AQ of which the following is a specification.

rlhis invention relates to improvements in electric batteries, and more particularly to primary batteries of theorie-fluid type.

The invention has for its principal object the provision of a primary battery having its positive and negc tive elements or electrodes suspended from and detachably held to battery terminals or pole pieces secured to the cover of the battery jar.

Another obj ect of the invention is to provide a primary battery having a jar cover and a centrally disposed positive terminal member or binding post extending through the cover and secured thereto, a negative terminal or pole-piece supported on the positive terminal member or pole-piece, and concentric tubular positive and negative elements detachably held to and vsuspended from said terminal members.

A further object of the invention is to provide a primary battery having a jar cover and positive and negative terminal members'or pe pieces extending within the jar and removable with the cover, and concentric tubular negative and positive elements detachably held at their upper ends to said positive and negative terminal members and suspended therefrom Within the battery jar.

Another object of the invention is to provide a battery having an inner tubular negan tive element and anouter tubular positive element concentric with the inner element, and means for suspending said elements in spaced relation from the battery jar cover.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of a primary battery constructed in accordance with the present invention; p

Fig. 2 detail plan View of the negative pole-piece or terminal member, showing `the means for detachably securing the positive or zinc electrode thereto; l l

Figs. 3 and 4 detail views in side elevationy illustrating the twoforms of connections .between the'negative poleV terminal member and the positive element or tubular zinc electrode of the battery; and

Fig. l5 a detail plan view of the negative.

element. y Y n Referring to the various parts by numerals, 1 designates the battery jar, which may be formed 4of glass, porcelain, or other suitable material, and 2 designates the removable cover of the j ar, which may be formed of any suitable insulating material. A threaded metallic postor positive pole terminal member 3 extends through a cen-v tral aperture in the jar cover 2 'and is held to said cover by clamping nuts .l1 and; 5 threaded on the post and engaging opposite faces of the cover. The upper end of the terminal member 3 serves as' a binding post to which one line wire 6 may be connected by means of a binding nut 7. f

The negative pole terminal member or battery element support` 8 is preferably formed of a sheet1metal plate having four radially extending arms Y9 and a central aperture 10 adapted to receive an upstanding tubular boss 11 formed'on a block 12 of porcelain or other insulating material loosely mounted on the threaded post 3. The terminal member 8 is clamped by means of a nut 16 between the block 12 and a sleeve 13 of porcelain or other insulating material surrounding post 3 and bearing at its upperv end against the under side of the jar cover 2. rlhe end of the otherline wire 14 o f the circuit is connected with a rivet 15 lor other suitable connecting device or binding Ypost carried by the negative pole terminal member 8. f Y

The outer ends of arms 9 of the sheet metal spiderlike memberk 8 arebent upwardly at right angles to the plane of the arms to form slightly resilient upstanding battery element supporting and spacing devices 17 provided with rigid ,outwarvdly projecting Studs 18.` "The side and lower edges of the studs 1 8 are preferably beveled as shown to facilitate enga-gement of the studs in tapered or wedge shaped slots 19 in the tubular Zinc or positive battery'elelnent 20 whenthe member 8 is lforced into the upper end of the zinc element. rlhe tubular Zinc electrode is preferably Split vertically at 21 as is usual inV the art. This split formation of the zinc point above the upper edge orn the Zinc elec-l trode to iorm nger pieces 17a adapted to be forced inwardly to disengage lugs or studs `18 from the slots 19 in the electrode. I p're-1 ter to form at least two adjacent upstandlng end portions l? with the extensions or finger pieces 17a, as shown in Fig. 2. lt will be obvious that by pressing thel two adjacent linger pieces inwardly the member 8 and the Zinc electrode may be readily separated by a relative rocking movementthereot. The elongated tapered slots i9 permit ready detachment of the YZinc electrode when desired, and also permit the electrode to lower relatively to the memberk 8 by reason of its weight until the edges of the slots bind firmly against the studs 18, thus affording aiirm and steady connection between the electrode and its supporting plate 8.y The plate 8 may be perforated, as shown, to reduce the weight thereof.

The negative element of the battery comprises a double-walled tubular metallic casing or cage having perforated or reticulated inner and outer walls 22 and 23 preferably formed ot sheet metal, the space between the two concentric walls being closed at the upper and lower ends of the element Yby impertorate sheet metal rings or annular closure members 24 and 25 welded or otherwise secured tothe walls 22 and 23. A sheet metal supporting and positioning bar 26 extends across the top or the cage and is secured to the upper closure ring 25 thereoil by screws27 or other suitable fastening devicesrlhe bar 26 is enlarged midway its ends and a relatively thick metallic reinforcing disk 28 is permanently held thereto by suitable rivets 29. The disk 28 affords a sutficient thickness of metal at the center of the bar 26 to permit theformation of a threaded aperture 8O to adapt the negative clement to be detachably held to the lower end of the threaded post 8. The thin annular space between the walls 22 and 28 of the nevative element is filled with a suitable depolarizing agent 3l, such as flaked or comminuted copper oXid.

It will be observed that both the zinc electrode and the'negative element are detachably held at their upper ends to their respective pole pieces or terminal members and vdepend therefrom into the exciting iiuid or elctrolyte 32 with their lower ends terminating above the bottom of the jar l. As the two elements or electrodes arel of tubular form and donot rest upon the vbottomoi the jar the fluid electrolyte is free to circulate around both sides of both electrodes. lt

l will be observed also that, as both pole pieces or Vterminal members 3 and 8 are secured to i to rapid deterioration, they may be employed for long periods of time, the battery being renewed from time to time by simply'l substituting a new zinc electrode or a new negative element'as conditions require. It will be obvious that by constructing a battery as above described, a material saving in cost and labor of maintenance is afforded.

TWhat we claim is:

I l. A primary battery comprising a jar, a removable jar cover, a Vterminal member held to the jar cover and depending within the jar, a second terminal member, means for supporting the second terminal member within the jar on theotherterminal member, and independently removable negative and positive elements suspended withinthe jar from said terminal members and detachableV therefrom without disturbing the connection between the terminal members and jar cover. Y

2. A primary battery comprising a jar, a removable jar cover, a metallic post-like terminal member extending throughthe cover substantially centrally thereof Vand' held thereto, ametallic plate-like terminal mem-` ber having a central aperture through which the Vother terminal member entends, means for supporting the plate-like terminal member on the post-like terminal member, a cylindrical negative element detachably held at its upper end to the lower endef''the post-like terminal member, V'and a tubular positive element surrounding the negative element and detachably held at its upper end to the plate-like terminal member.v

3. A primary battery comprisinga jar, a removable jar cover, a metallic post forming one terminal ot the battery held'to the cover and extending therethrough centrally of thecover, a negative element detachablyV suspended from the `lower end of said post, a sheet metal plate forming the other battery terminal supported 0n and insulated from the post and provided with radially extending arms having upstanding yieldable end portions provided with outwardly extending projections, and a tubular positive element surrounding the negative eleino ment and provided adjacent its upper end one terminal of the battery held to the cover and extending therethrough centrally of the cover, a negative element detachably suspended from the lower end of said post, a sheet metal plate forming the other battery terminal supported on and insulated from the post and provided with radially extending arms having upstanding yieldable end portions provided with outwardly extending projections, and a tubular positive ele* ment surrounding the negative element and provided adjacent its upper end with downwardly flaring slots receiving the projections on the end portions of said arms, certain of the end portions or" said arms being extended upwardly above the upper 'end of the positive element to form linger pieces.

5. The combination with a primary battery cover, of a metallic post-like battery terminal held thereto and extending through the cover centrally thereof, a sheet meta-l plate-like battery terminal located at the under side of the cover and having a central aperture through which the other terminal extends, means for insulating lthe battery terminals from each other, and means for 1 the container from said cover yand remofvable from the container with the cover, a positive element, a reticulated metallic cage containing a depolarizing agent, and means forming separable connections between said terminal members and the positive element and cage for suspending said element and cage within the container. y

In testimony whereof we hereunto aiix our signatures.

-EDWARD M. DEEMS. LE ROY W. WILLIS. 

